Honda says CarPlay and Android Auto are coming to the 2016 Accord

Highlighting the growing importance of Silicon Valley to the car industry, Honda on Friday debuted the 2016 Accord at its research facility in Mountain View.

Typically, carmakers use an auto show or other industry event to showcase new models, but Honda said it wanted to unveil it in the Bay Area to highlight the role that the Valley is playing in the auto world as well as the fact that the redesigned sedan is the first Honda model to include Google’s Android Auto and Apple’s CarPlay.